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  3. Posted

    I think that's a great idea. There are a lot of major gaps I have with classic movies (I'm seeing Lawrence of Arabia for the first time this weekend, but I feel like it's worth it to have not seen it so far because I'm seeing it in 70MM), so I'd love an excuse to catch up on a bunch that I haven't seen.

     

    That's exactly the kind of thing I'm thinking of. There are a bunch of movies like that for me, and I would love an excuse to watch them.

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    I think there'd be plenty of interest. Particularly if we can find classics that not many of us have seen (which might be a challenge), or even if we just subjected each other to our absolute favourite movies (although I guess TAP is doing that for us this week).

     

    No, I'd definitely want it to be something where at least the person suggesting it has never seen it. Like, if someone had never seen Citizen Kane or something...

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    Are you guys talking about

     

     

    the penis chomp or the dead kid?

     

     

    I'm so confused, lol.

     

     

    I've never read the novel, but in the movie, the penis thing is kind of a non-event event. I'm talking about the kid dying. I hated that they seemed so wrapped up in their marital issues when their fucking child just died. I also found it very hard to believe--given how it happened-- that he would ever forgive her. I'm a pretty understanding dude, but I think I'd have a really hard time forgiving my wife if, through some neglect on her part, something happened to one of my kids. Especially if the reason my kid died was because she was blowing the guy she was cheating on me with in our driveway just after I had asked her to break it off with him... Forget. That. Shit. I can forgive a lot, but I'm no Saint.

     

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    This may be a blasphemous thing I'm saying, and out me as being not nearly up enough on the American film catalogue, but how's 'The World According to Garp'?

     

    I was thinking about this and wondering...

     

    I know we're only at the beginning of the year, but assuming Musical Mondays hasn't driven us all apart by the end of the year, I wonder if there's any interest in doing the same thing with "Classic" movies we've somehow never seen? It would be kind of like the episodes of Analyze Phish when it became Analyze "Fish." If you haven't heard them, basically PFT and Howard Kremer take over the podcast and watch Jaws with someone who's never seen it before. It could be a fun way to fill some cinematic gaps...

     

    Just throwing it out there...

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  10. Posted

    Oh, the aftermath of that moment is DEVASTATING in the book. They move to Jenny's house to recuperate, talk about how they're all progressing, slowly move through their day to day, and then, about 20 pages into the chapter, you realise one family member's name hasn't been used that chapter. Fuckin' did me in.

     

    I'm pretty sure the very presence of that scene in the film will ensure I won't watch it, actually. Too much.

     

     

    (I love how we're dancing around it, but based on what we're saying, it's pretty obvious what happens-LOL)

     

    That was my problem, it should have wrecked me, but it was handled so clumsily. It was like they were trying to pull off the same effect your describing, but it was just obnoxious. When the "incident" happens, they do a slow close up and then cut to Jenny's. And your like, "Oh, fuck! No! (jaw hits the floor) That happened! Okay, just say it. Why is no one talking about this? The fact that you aren't talking about it is starting to piss me off. Wait...did it happen? Oh, it did. Fuck you, movie."

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    I think I know the moments you're talking about. If they're the same ones as the ones in the book, I just reflexively crossed my legs.

     

    I kept having to remind myself as I read the book that Robin Williams was Garp. Mork as Misanthrope. Ticket line starts to the right! Irving's sketching of Roberta in the book is hopelessly of its time, particularly in terms of the language we have today to talk about transgender people or transitioning people: i am very happy to hear that Lithgow's performance is more than a caricature (or caper-scene outtake from 'Third Rock') because as I was reading I couldn't quite picture how it could be well filmed.

     

    I didn't get the sense it was an unfilmable as 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' (a way better book, and let's pretend 'Simon Birch' never happened), but it still seemed like a stretch. I'll put it on my to-watch list.

     

    PS - Hey Cam - my Jackson Five play is just about finished. Interested in some light reading for the next 5am wakeup call? ;)

     

    Yeah, to be honest, I was surprised how well Roberta came off. She's introduced to us as Roberta and there really aren't too many references to her biological gender--at least, not that I caught. Her relationship with Garp, and his 100% acceptance of her, was one of the best parts of the movie. Now I won't go so far as to say it's flawless, but for it's time, I felt it was extremely progressive.

     

    The part you're alluding to does happen, but it was the familial aftermath that caught me off guard. Although, as a father of two sons, how they move on from that was...problematic. However, the novel probably gets a little more into it. Let's just say, "Well, that was quick" was definitely a phrase that came to mind. Also the final scene. I did not see that coming.

     

    Let me know what you think of it. It was my first time watching it, and I'd be interested to hear your take...

     

    RE: Your play--Yeah, man. Whenever you're ready, I'll Be There :)

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    This may be a blasphemous thing I'm saying, and out me as being not nearly up enough on the American film catalogue, but how's 'The World According to Garp'? I've never seen it, but I read the book last year. Garp is such an insufferable tool in that thing, and the story is so painful in so many ways, that when i heard that John Lithgow plays Roberta Muldoon (voiced, in my head, as Paul F. Tompkins-style GoGo), I thought that might be one to give a wide, wide berth.

     

    I loved 'Cocoon' when I was a kid. One of those movies it seemed we rented three times a year, but really it's about old people mooching youth off giant eggs.

     

    I wrote a brief review on Letterboxd. Basically I said that Lithgow was great, but it's a challenging movie. Garp is a real tool. And while I often thought that Robin Williams was miscast, I also had to concede that he's also the only reason you cut this guy any slack at all. Also, the movie never real comes together. I think what I said on Letterboxd was I don't know how well it works as a movie, but as a piece of Art that makes you feel something (even if that thing is anger) then I guess it works. And it definitely had its moments. There were at least two moments where my mouth literally dropped open--although if you've already read the book....

     

    So while I wouldn't necessary go out of my way to recommend it, it might be worth a look.

     

    ETA: I just wanted add that since writing this post my rating of Garp has gone from "3 stars/liked," to "3 stars/don't like," to "2 1/2 stars/don't like."

     

    If this keeps up it's going to start owing me some stars...:)

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  13. Posted

    Apropos nothing...

     

    This morning my son woke me up at 5AM, so, as usual, I used this time to watch or finish watching a movie. This morning, I finished watching The World According to Garp and started Cocoon.

     

    Now, I'm not sure how familiar you all are with Cocoon, but I don't think I've ever seen it. It begins with a bright light beaming into the Gulf of Mexico near a pod of dolphins while sinister sounding, atonal synth music plays in the background. It then cuts to a retirement community. I was watching Wilfred Brimley and Don Amache navigate the halls of this rest home, and although their lips were moving, no sound was coming out--just this continued atonal music from the first scene. As they walk, they see a group of retirees doing aerobics--specifically, this kind of swimming motion. There are dolphin cries. The woman says something to them--still inaudible. Don Amache responds. Everyone laughs. Nothing but silence and that persistent music.

     

    And I'm thinking to myself, "Wow! This is really bold. The silence really underscores the routine of their existence. Fascinating." Then the picture froze. "Great," I think to myself, "The Internet is down..." Since I'm watching it on Amazon Video, I back out of the movie and immediately resume it. It starts from the beginning. It's then that I realized, what I though to be such a bold film making decision, was really just the sound and picture being out of sync.

     

    Thank God I'm pretty...

     

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  14. Posted

    Did you know that Canon the wonderful people behind Over the Top, Lifeforce, The Apple and other gems made their own musical version of Beauty and the Beast?

     

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    You can't some in here, drop that knowledge, and not give us a trailer...

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEcOCxMYrSI&t=29s

     

    ETA: They won't let me embed it. Now I look like an asshole.

     

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    I'm sorry, Cam...I never should have doubted you.

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  21. Posted

    I hate to be that guy but it's actually "foo-re-ka-kay" (in IPA it's basically the same furikakeɪ)

    As someone who lives in Japan this has been driving crazy over the past month with no podcast host being able to say it right.

     

    I have taken 3 years of college Japanese--where oral exams are part of the curriculum--taught by native Japanese speakers, and except for 2 'B's, have gotten all 'A's.

     

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    I don't usually do legit corrections, but here's one.

     

    In the episode, Paul brought up how he thought it was weird that MacLeod had to explain to Ramirez what a sculpture is. Paul argued that sculptures have been around for a long time and Ramirez should have been familiar with them.

     

    Here's a picture of the sculpture in question.

     

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    As you can see on the right, the sculpture isn't like a marble bust or something, but a rectangular box with angel wings and three soda bottles inside.

     

    So, the joke isn't so much that Ramirez doesn't know what a sculpture is but more "isn't modern art dumb."

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